Help with flashing CM 6

Today I tried flashing Cyanogen with ROM Manager. So first I downloaded Cyanogen via ROM Manager. I then checked do backup, but I didn't di the cache and wipe data thing. So it did the process and then it did a boot loop of the Cyanogen splash screen. I then went into recovery and restored back into Clockwork Mod.

So the point is that I need help flashing a ROM. Yes, I know I'm a newbie. Can someone please give me a step by step. That would be greatly appreciated.

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